Grants / Department of the Interior / Fish and Wildlife Service

F24AS00365 Wisconsin Headwaters to Coast Initiative

Closed Closed September 30, 2024 Opportunity F24AS00365 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$500,000
• Award floor$1
• Total funding$2.5 million
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement, Grant

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to any type of organization.

The Headwaters to Coast Initiative staff reserves the right to reject projects that do not align with the H2C conservation blueprint, regional strategic plans, or Great Lakes Restoration Initiative priorities. Applications must be submitted through Grant Solutions at: https://home.grantsolutions.gov/home/. Applications submitted through Grants.gov will not be evaluated. 501(c)(3) applicants should be prepared to prove status as determined by the Internal Revenue Service and tribal applicants may be required to provide an authorizing tribal resolution.

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Is this a realistic fit?

• Past National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements awards averaged $656,267; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
• Most of the program's money (57% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Headwaters to Coast Initiative (H2C) is a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) funded project to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), initiated in 2022 to develop a partner-driven, watershed-wide conservation blueprint for the Lake Superior basin of Wisconsin that covers the four counties of Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas and Iron in northern Wisconsin. H2C is a community-based program that provides technical and financial assistance primarily through cooperative agreements to conservation partners and stakeholders. The mission of the H2C is to bring people together to prioritize and coordinate conservation projects that meet the ecological, social, and cultural needs of current and future generations in Wisconsin’s Lake Superior Basin. The H2C Initiative was designed to address barriers to collaboration across agencies, organizations, and projects to more strategically address the ongoing challenges posed by climate change, habitat fragmentation, and biodiversity loss. H2C provides a framework for collaboration that places conservation challenges, opportunities, and individual projects into a broader conservation context, may provide technical support to small agencies, and enable a partnership to take on larger projects and issues that may be too challenging for one agency working alone. Funding for projects will be considered that are developed or endorsed by multi-partner, collaborative teams which may include the Lake Superior Collaborative. Projects should address one or more of the following six conservation and social priorities identified by partners and fall within the Wisconsin, Lake Superior basin geography; 1) Habitat Connectivity and Functionality, 2) Healthy Habitats and Biodiversity, 3) Water Quality and Hydrologic Integrity, 4) Climate Resiliency, 5) Inclusive Community Engagement and 6) Prepare for and Address Current and emerging Threats or other GLRI priorities identified in the most recent GLRI Action Plan. The number of acres restored and/or the miles of stream restored will be used as the measures of success and must reported. Applicants seeking technical or financial assistance from the H2C Initiative are requested to consult with a local USFWS biologist BEFORE developing or submitting an application (see Agency Contacts at the end of this announcement) The H2C Initiative promotes locally led conservation through partnerships in the Wisconsin Lake Superior basin.

Category: Natural Resources.

Applying now

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